As he watched the kids scurry away in different directions, Randy was slightly dumbfounded. Then, he shook his head with a faint smile on his face before continuing to walk through the alley with his head down, as he thought of some things along the way.
At some point, he noticed that there were two paths that led to his left and right and a path that led forward.
As he reached the four-way intersection in the alley, he suddenly bumped into someone coming from the left side of the crossroads.
"Ah, sorry about tha—"
Randy turned to his left and raised his head to apologize, but the remaining words got stuck in his throat as he instinctively reacted and backed away from this unknown person.
When the person he bumped into saw his odd reaction speed, their eyes widened with a mild surprised expression, and then they said in a teasing tone: "What quick reaction speed! Not bad at all!"
